#1149499 Fwd: linux-image-6.12.111+deb13-amd64: HID: asus: built-in keyboard unresponsive at login screen, "Asus failed to request functions: -75" (regression vs 6.12.107)

#1149499#5
Date:
2026-09-30 01:04:14 UTC
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Hello,

After upgrading from linux-image-6.12.107+deb13-amd64 to
linux-image-6.12.111+deb13-amd64, the built-in keyboard of my laptop no
longer works at the LightDM login screen. With 6.12.107 everything works.

Hardware
- ASUS ROG Strix G18 G814FP, BIOS G814FP.316 (05/14/2026)
- Keyboard: ASUSTek "N-KEY Device", USB ID 0b05:19b6, handled by hid_asus

System
- LMDE 7 (Debian 13 based), using the official Debian kernel packages
- LightDM + slick-greeter, Cinnamon, X11
- NVIDIA driver 610.43.03 (out-of-tree, DKMS). Note that the hid_asus
  error below is logged at ~2.0 s, before the nvidia module loads (~4.4 s).

Symptoms with 6.12.111
- The keyboard works in GRUB, but not at the LightDM login screen (I have
  to use the on-screen keyboard to log in).
- After logging in, the keyboard works normally, except Fn+F2/F3
  (keyboard backlight brightness).
- With 6.12.107 the keyboard works everywhere, including Fn+F2/F3.

Kernel log
Present only in 6.12.111, right after hid_asus binds to the device:

[    2.008836] asus 0003:0B05:19B6.0003: Fixing up Asus N-Key report
descriptor
[    2.009349] asus 0003:0B05:19B6.0003: using HID for asus::kbd_backlight
[    2.018672] asus 0003:0B05:19B6.0003: Asus failed to request functions:
-75
[    2.018684] asus 0003:0B05:19B6.0003: Failed to initialize backlight.

In 6.12.107 the same sequence appears without the last two lines. There
are no USB disconnect/reset events for usb 3-1 in either kernel. The other
ACPI/WMI errors (nvidia-wmi-ec-backlight AE_NOT_FOUND, unresolved BPWM/GPP
symbols) appear in both kernels.

Workaround
Booting 6.12.111 with modprobe.blacklist=hid_asus on the kernel command
line makes the keyboard work at the login screen (Fn+F2/F3 still do not
work).

Expected: keyboard works at the login screen and Fn+F2/F3 work, as in
6.12.107.

Please let me know if I can test anything else.

Thanks,
Facundo




*--FACUNDO M. GOMEZ*San Martรญn de los Andes - Neuquรฉn - Argentina


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